The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale Salaries -- B.J. Penn Earns $100,000

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has acquired the fighters’ salaries for The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale, and B.J. Penn was the big winner with a $100,000 payday.

Penn, who defeated Jens Pulver with a second-round submission via rear naked choke, earned $50,000 to show and an addition $50,000 for the win. Pulver earned $30,000 and would have been eligible for an additional $30,000 if he had won.

Leonard Garcia, who defeated Allen Berubie, earned $2,000 to show and an additional $2,000 for the victory. He made half of what Berubie did ($8,000).

The total reported payroll for the event and its 18 fighters was $298,000.

MMAjunkie.com obtained the salary figures directly from the Nevada State Athletic Commission, which oversees all sanctioned MMA events in the state of Nevada. The figures can be found in the embedded image, and the event results can be found below.

The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale took place on Saturday, June 23 at The Palms Las Vegas. The event aired on Spike TV.

Now, the usual disclaimer: the figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, these salaries do not include the typical bonuses the UFC sometimes pays for the submission of the night, knockout of the night, and fight of the night. The figures also do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter’s income.

In other words, these are simply base salaries reported to the NSAC and do not represent the total amounts earned by each fighter.

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